Ferdinand von Walter, a young major and son of a scheming prime minister at a small German court, loves Louisa Miller, the daughter of a town musician. His father, the president, wants him married to the Duke’s mistress Lady Milford, and with his secretary Worm he uses a coerced letter and a web of lies against the lovers.
Schiller’s 1784 Kabale und Liebe, the classic bourgeois tragedy of the Sturm und Drang, set against the cruelty of petty princely rule. Download the free EPUB.